corpuscular theory of light

1. In optics we have to decide in favour of the wave theory against the corpuscular theory of light.
   在光学中我们赞成光的波动说，而反对光的微粒说。
2. The photoelectric effect and the Compton effect, then, both seem to demand a return to a corpuscular theory of light.
   因此，光电效应和康普顿效应似乎都要求回到光的微粒说上来。

noun

1. (physics) the theory that light is transmitted as a stream of particles

   Synonym:    corpuscular theory